Intramedullary bone stent
AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorThomas J. Graham
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Abstract
A bone fixation device comprises an elongated body. The elongated body includes a first end portion with a coil and an opposite second end portion with an elongated tail. The second end portion also includes an attachment portion configured for engagement with a fastener.
Claims20
A bone fixation device comprising an elongated body, the elongated body including
- a first end portion including a coil and
- an opposite second end portion including an elongated tail, the second end portion also including an attachment portion configured for engagement with a fastener.
A method of promoting healing of a fractured bone using a bone fixation device, the bone fixation device comprising an elongated body including (a) a first end portion formed as a coil and (b) an opposite second end portion formed as an elongated tail, the second end portion including an attachment portion configured for engagement with a fastener, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the first end portion of the elongated body into an intramedullary portion of a first bone piece such that the first end portion engages a wall of an intramedullary canal of the first bone piece;
- extending the second end portion of the elongated body from the intramedullary portion of the first bone piece, across a bone fracture, and into an intramedullary canal of a second bone piece;
- passing the attachment portion of the second end portion of the elongated body into an opening formed in cortical tissue of the second bone piece;
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- fixing the attachment portion of the second end portion to an extramedullary portion of the second bone piece with a fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.